Transport Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 5) 2002 (Qld)

Queensland Subordinate Legislation 2002 No. 285 State Penalties Enforcement Act 1999 Tow Truck Act 1973 Transport Operations (Road Use Management) Act 1995 TRANSPORT LEGISLATION AMENDMENT REGULATION (No. 5) 2002 TABLE OF PROVISIONS Section Page PART 1—PRELIMINARY 1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2 Commencement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 PART 2—AMENDMENT OF STATE PENALTIES ENFORCEMENT REGULATION 2000 3 Regulation amended in pt 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 4 Amendment of sch 3 (Transport legislation). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 PART 3—AMENDMENT OF TOW TRUCK REGULATION 1999 5 Regulation amended in pt 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 6 Amendment of s 8 (Chief executive may require satisfactory evidence) . . . 4 7 Replacement of s 50 (Towing authority to be completed). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 50 Towing authority to be completed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 8 Amendment of s 50A (First vehicle to be towed) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 9 Amendment of s 54 (Towing charges) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 10 Amendment of sch 5 (Dictionary). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 PART 4—AMENDMENT OF TRANSPORT OPERATIONS (ROAD USE MANAGEMENT—DANGEROUS GOODS) REGULATION 1998 11 Regulation amended in pt 4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

2 Transport Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 5) No. 285, 2002 2002 12 Amendment of s 172 (Records of exemptions). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 PART 5—AMENDMENT OF TRANSPORT OPERATIONS (ROAD USE MANAGEMENT—DRIVER LICENSING) REGULATION 1999 13 Regulation amended in pt 5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 14 Amendment of s 5 (Motorbike licences) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 15 Amendment of s 6 (Other types of licences). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 16 Amendment of s 9 (Testing) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 17 Amendment of s 10 (Provisional or probationary licences—class RE or C) 7 18 Amendment of s 11 (Open licences—class RE or C) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 19 Amendment of s 11A (Open licence—special need for class R) . . . . . . . . . 8 20 Amendment of s 14A (Special need—class R licence). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 21 Amendment of s 14E (Licences authorising learning to ride under Q-Ride training) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 22 Amendment of s 14G (Class RE open licences) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 23 Amendment of s 14I (Class R open licences) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 24 Amendment of s 25 (Queensland driver licence holder). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 25 Amendment of s 26 (Non-Queensland driver licence holder). . . . . . . . . . . . 9 26 Amendment of s 27 (Former driver licence holder) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 27 Amendment of sch 6 (Dictionary). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 PART 6—AMENDMENT OF TRANSPORT OPERATIONS (ROAD USE MANAGEMENT) REGULATION 1995 28 Regulation amended in pt 6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 29 Amendment of s 33Q (Function). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 30 Amendment of s 33R (Necessary expertise—Act, s 21(1)) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 31 Amendment of s 39 (Accrediting driver trainers) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 PART 7—AMENDMENT OF TRANSPORT OPERATIONS (ROAD USE MANAGEMENT—ROAD RULES) REGULATION 1999 32 Regulation amended in pt 7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 33 Amendment of s 25 (Speed limit elsewhere) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

s1 3 s5 Transport Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 5) No. 285, 2002 2002 PART 1—PRELIMINARY 1 Short title This regulation may be cited as the Transport Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 5) 2002 . 2 Commencement Part 7 commences on 1 February 2003. PART 2—AMENDMENT OF STATE PENALTIES ENFORCEMENT REGULATION 2000 3 Regulation amended in pt 2 This part amends the State Penalties Enforcement Regulation 2000. 4 Amendment of sch 3 (Transport legislation) Schedule 3, entry for the TransportOperations(RoadUseManagement—Fatigue Management) Regulation 1998— insert— ‘s 55A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4’. PART 3—AMENDMENT OF TOW TRUCK REGULATION 1999 5 Regulation amended in pt 3 This part amends the Tow Truck Regulation 1999.

s6 4 s9 Transport Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 5) No. 285, 2002 2002 6 Amendment of s 8 (Chief executive may require satisfactory evidence) Section 8(1)(a)(iii), ‘driver's’— omit, insert— ‘driver’. 7 Replacement of s 50 (Towing authority to be completed) Section 50— omit, insert— ‘50 Towing authority to be completed ‘ (1) This section applies if the driver of a tow truck, acting under the authority of a driver’s certificate or a miscellaneous permit, intends to tow a motor vehicle from the scene of an incident or seizure. ‘ (2) The driver must— (a) properly and fully complete a towing authority for the vehicle for signature by an authorising person for the vehicle; and (b) after the authorising person signs the towing authority, give the signed copy of the towing authority to the authorising person. Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.’. 8 Amendment of s 50A (First vehicle to be towed) Section 50A(3)— omit. 9 Amendment of s 54 (Towing charges) (1) Section 54(1), ‘Subject to subsection (1A), the’— omit, insert— ‘The’. (2) Section 54(1A)— omit.

s 10 5 s 12 Transport Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 5) No. 285, 2002 2002 (3) Section 54(3), definition “working time” , from ‘the owner’ to ‘officer’— omit, insert— ‘an authorising person for the motor vehicle’. 10 Amendment of sch 5 (Dictionary) (1) Schedule 5— insert— ‘ “authorising person” , for a motor vehicle, means— (a) the owner of the motor vehicle; or (b) the owner’s agent; or (c) an authorised officer.’. (2) Schedule 5, definition “driver’s licence” — omit, insert— ‘ “driver licence” see the Transport Operations (Road Use Management)Act 1995 , schedule 4.’. PART 4—AMENDMENT OF TRANSPORT OPERATIONS (ROAD USE MANAGEMENT—DANGEROUS GOODS) REGULATION 1998 11 Regulation amended in pt 4 This part amends the Transport Operations Management—Dangerous Goods) Regulation 1998. (Road Use 12 Amendment of s 172 (Records of exemptions) Section 172(b)(v), ‘section’—

s 13 6 s 16 Transport Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 5) No. 285, 2002 2002 omit, insert— ‘regulation’. PART 5—AMENDMENT OF TRANSPORT OPERATIONS (ROAD USE MANAGEMENT—DRIVER LICENSING) REGULATION 1999 13 Regulation amended in pt 5 This part amends the Transport Operations Management—Driver Licensing) Regulation 1999 . (Road Use 14 Amendment of s 5 (Motorbike licences) (1) Section 5(3A)— omit, insert— ‘ (3A) The holder of a class RE learner, provisional, probationary or open licence is authorised to learn to ride a class R motorbike if, while riding the motorbike, the person carries a certificate in the approved form stating the person has a special need for the licence.’. (2) Section 5(6), definition “O type licence” — omit. 15 Amendment of s 6 (Other types of licences) Section 6(10)— omit. 16 Amendment of s 9 (Testing) (1) Section 9(6)(c)— renumber as section 9(6)(d) . (2) Section 9(6)—

s 17 7 s 18 Transport Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 5) No. 285, 2002 2002 insert— ‘(c) for a class LR, MR or HR licence—the person is a police officer and the officer gives the chief executive a notice signed by the commissioner stating the officer has the ability to drive the class of vehicle that is authorised to be driven under the licence.’. 17 Amendment of s 10 (Provisional or probationary licences—class RE or C) Section 10— insert— ‘ (4) In this section— “learner licence” includes a driver licence granted outside Queensland that corresponds to a learner licence. “P type licence” includes a driver licence granted outside Queensland that corresponds to a P type licence.’. 18 Amendment of s 11 (Open licences—class RE or C) (1) Section 11(2)— insert— ‘(e) the person— (i) has, within 5 years before applying for the licence, held a class C P type licence that has been cancelled; and (ii) holds a class C P type licence; and (iii) has held the P type licence for the greater period of— (A) at least 1 year; or (B) the balance of the required period that had not expired before the P type licence was cancelled.’. (2) Section 11(3), definition “O type licence” — omit. (3) Section 11(3)— insert—

s 19 8 s 22 Transport Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 5) No. 285, 2002 2002 ‘ “learner licence” includes a driver licence granted outside Queensland that corresponds to a learner licence.’. 19 Amendment of s 11A (Open licence—special need for class R) Section 11A(3), definition “O type licence” — omit. 20 Amendment of s 14A (Special need—class R licence) (1) Section 14A— insert— ‘ (3A) The chief executive must not approve the application unless the person— (a) holds a class C, LR, MR, HR, HC or MC P or O type licence; and (b) has held the licence for at least 3 years.’. (2) Section 14A— insert— ‘ (5) In this section— “P type licence” includes a driver licence granted outside Queensland that corresponds to a P type licence.’. 21 Amendment of s 14E (Licences authorising learning to ride under Q-Ride training) Section 14E(4), definition “O type licence” — omit. 22 Amendment of s 14G (Class RE open licences) Section 14G(c)— omit, insert— ‘(c) an O type licence of another class.’.

s 23 9 s 27 Transport Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 5) No. 285, 2002 2002 23 Amendment of s 14I (Class R open licences) Section 14I(b)(i), from ‘open’ to ‘to that’— omit, insert— ‘O type’ . 24 Amendment of s 25 (Queensland driver licence holder) Section 25(1)(b)— omit, insert— ‘(b) if— (i) 4 or more demerit points are recorded on a person’s traffic history; and (ii) the demerit points were allocated in a continuous 1 year period; and (iii) during any part of the period the person held a learner or P type licence, or a driver licence granted outside Queensland that corresponds to a learner or P type licence, but did not hold an O type licence of another class; and (iv) the person holds a Queensland driver licence; or’. 25 Amendment of s 26 (Non-Queensland driver licence holder) Section 26(4), definition “O type licence” — omit. 26 Amendment of s 27 (Former driver licence holder) Section 27(1)(c), ‘35(2)’— omit, insert— ‘35(5)’. 27 Amendment of sch 6 (Dictionary) Schedule 6—

s 28 10 s 31 Transport Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 5) No. 285, 2002 2002 insert— ‘ “O type licence” includes a driver licence granted outside Queensland that corresponds to an open licence.’. PART 6—AMENDMENT OF TRANSPORT OPERATIONS (ROAD USE MANAGEMENT) REGULATION 1995 28 Regulation amended in pt 6 This part amends the TransportOperations(RoadUseManagement)Regulation 1995. 29 Amendment of s 33Q (Function) Section 33Q(3), definition “defective” , ‘has the meaning given’— omit, insert— ‘see’. 30 Amendment of s 33R (Necessary expertise—Act, s 21(1)) Section 33R(1)(a)(i), (2)(a)(i) and (c)(i)(A), (3)(a)(i), (4)(a)(i) and (5)(a)(i)(A), ‘ Vocational Education, Training and Employment Act 1991 ’— omit, insert— ‘ Training and Employment Act 2000 ’. 31 Amendment of s 39 (Accrediting driver trainers) (1) Section 39(2)(a), from ‘an open’ to ‘to that’— omit, insert— ‘, and has held for at least 1 year, an O type’. (2) Section 39— insert—

s 32 11 s 33 Transport Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 5) No. 285, 2002 2002 ‘ (5) In this section— “O type licence” see the Transport Ope rations (Road Use Management—Driver Licensing) Regulation 1999 . ’. PART 7—AMENDMENT OF TRANSPORT OPERATIONS (ROAD USE MANAGEMENT—ROAD RULES) REGULATION 1999 32 Regulation amended in pt 7 This part amends the Transport Ope rations Management—Road Rules) Regulation 1999. (Road Use 33 Amendment of s 25 (Speed limit elsewhere) (1) Section 25(2)(a)— omit, insert— ‘(a) for a road in a built-up area—50 km/h; or’. (2) Section 25(3)— omit. ENDNOTES 1. Made by the Governor in Council on 31 October 2002. 2. Notified in the gazette on 1 November 2002. 3. Laid before the Legislative Assembly on . . . 4. The administering agency is the Department of Transport. © State of Queensland 2002